Inspiration is great, but focus & getting hands on can make you unstoppable. These posts focus in on creative ways of thinking about getting to the good stuff that makes change happen. Remember that little changes add up over time, and it's never too late to start taking action and working on your perspective – just keep it up!
The psychology behind routine and habits in our lives is endlessly fascinating, and this posts walks you through how you can tap into that. Creating small rituals or routines can act like a switch that you can flip when you need to zone in, get creative, or calm down at the end of the work day to start your evening. This is one that can make you feel like a mad scientist who's just discovered they're more powerful than they ever hoped… so try to keep the maniacal laughing to a minimum if you're in public.
Sometimes it can feel like everyone on the internet thinks you should quit your day job. Not only is that ridiculous, but having such a limited definition of what a fulfilled creative life can look like hurts us more than it helps us. Let's talk the benefits of the day job, and how you can make sure you have a creative, fun, playful life outside the work day. No matter what your work situation is!
Working with an invested mentor can be a powerful force for positive change in your world and an intense process. But that doesn't mean you can't learn from whoever you like! Make Your Own Mentor is a journaling exercise dreamed up to help you access insights about yourself & your life through making your favorite celebrities or bloggers!
Or Kat Von D, because the world is your oyster. And some of those oysters have face tattoos.
Meal planning is a simple way to reclaim heaps of time and energy every week, creating a simple effective system to make it work can be daunting. I tour you through a binder based system that I started in 2013 and that's helped me stick with meal planning consistently since. Free yourself from the recipe cards, it's wonderful over here.
What makes fashionable girls different from the rest of us? Let's bridge the gap and get a start on creating a basic wardrobe. Bonus: It features a downright fabulous pie chart, possibly the best one ever to appear on this blog.
We’ve all found ourselves green with envy at one (or two, or three…) times or another, especially with the glossy online world at our fingertips. When aspirational images and stories turn your emotions from shades of green to feeling blue, what if you took that as an opportunity to dig a little deeper into WHY it’s pressing one of your buttons, and most importantly, what can you do about it?
If you’re anything like me, you love setting – and achieving! – goals as much as a waffle cone full of (insert favorite flavor of ice cream here) on a hot summer day. With sprinkles on top. But sometimes a goal can derail us and we need to stop, reassess, and reset our goals to keep things chugging along.
One of my favourite ways to stay focused on my passions is to keep my head in the game — and sometimes an extra jolt of inspiration is exactly what I need. We don’t know what we don’t know and podcasts are a great, easy, and free way to expand your horizons. So whether you’re on a road trip, making dinner, or taking your pup for a walk, these nuggets of ear candy will supercharge your creativity.
Why do some resolutions stick and others slide by the wayside? Sometimes our goals need some tough love and a little extra TLC to ensure they are realistic, prioritized properly, and what you (not your inner Martha Stewart) really want. There are only so many hours in a day – and how you use that time can add up to a great year or a “damn, I wish I didn’t waste so much time doing X” year.
Hi, I’m Kyla, and I’m an overachiever. If you define your self-worth by your productivity, or have ever “productivity shamed” yourself until you were curled up in bed with the covers over your head, this one’s for you. It can be a long process to rewire your type-A brain, but you will be amazed at how much calmer, more focused, and productive you can be.
Nothing is more satisfying than achieving a goal — but what if that goal didn’t have an end but rather was ongoing? When you reframe your goals and priorities as experiences or feelings instead of objectives with end results, you can have that same sense of achievement on a daily basis.
Managing finances can be tricky business. Most people have strong emotions and opinions when it comes to spending and saving, but with some structure and an open dialogue, you can pay off your debt, grow your savings, and even plan a vacation! Here are some tips to get you started with streamlining your spending.
When things get challenging, it’s easy to start doubting yourself, wishing things were different, and beating yourself up. But I think you’ll agree that’s not helpful whatsoever! Instead, I’ve started practicing self-compassion and regularly checking in with myself each week to give myself the opportunity to reflect, refocus, and reframe.
Sometimes all the choices in life can feel overwhelming, don’t you think? After all, there’s a lot that we’re responsible for on a daily basis! But let this be a reminder that our ability to choose is our one true superpower that shouldn’t be taken for granted.
It’s so important to start out on the right foot, but that doesn’t mean you should throw in the towel if your week starts off a little shaky. Whether you want to kick off the week with a productive mindset or turn your mood around mid-week, it’s possible to get things moving in the right direction no matter what. (Hint: #5 is my favorite!)
Negative thinking is a hard habit to kick. Not only is it hardwired into us, but it’s also likely been a reinforced habit over many, many years. The quickest way to break out of negative thinking is confronting it head-on, counteracting it with lots of positivity, and using some fun mind games to keep you going.
No matter how much our perfectionist selves make plans, sometime life happens and those plans fall apart. Rather than let that completely derail you, be prepared so you can cut off any potential damage before things spiral out of control. Try putting together a little rolodex of self-care treats so it’s already handy when you need it.
more coming soon